What Makes Edtech Work for Students [Infographic] "Even the most well-intentioned edtech can fall short if it does not meet students where they are. After several years studying the usability of edtech for teachers, the research team at ISTE+ASCD turned its attention to students — examining how the technical and pedagogical design of digital tools shapes their learning experiences."

"The findings identify five areas that matter most to students and offer guidance for educators and product designers seeking tools that are intuitive, meaningful and engaging." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

Beyond the Classroom: How Esports Spaces Double as Learning Hubs Conversations with Kevin Hogan: Extron's Jason Bond explains how districts can start small with esports AV infrastructure, leverage dual-purpose spaces, and use AV over IP to build a scalable foundation for student engagement.

"You're going to use that esports space for something like graphics design or cybersecurity training during the day, and then in the evening or after school hours, it becomes the esports playing facility." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning

AI chatbots could be making you stupider As large language models take over more and more cognitive tasks, researchers are warning this mental outsourcing comes with a cost.

"There is now a growing body of research suggesting that this "cognitive offloading" to AI can have a corrosive effect on our mental abilities. The consequences could be alarming and may even contribute to cognitive decline." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

AI in Higher Education: What the 2025 Survey Data Shows Institution-wide AI adoption surged 17 points in 2025. Ellucian State of AI in Higher Education survey reveals strategy, barriers, and what to do next.

"Institution-wide adoption surged: from 49% in 2024 to 66% in 2025, a 17-point jump that signals AI has moved beyond experimentation and into mainstream operational and strategic integration." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

AI Is Routine for College Students, Despite Campus Limits A majority of U.S. college students use artificial intelligence in their coursework at least weekly, yet about half say their schools discourage or prohibit it.

"Widespread use of AI among college students occurs even as many report restrictions on its use in the classroom." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

SDSU's Massive AI Study Finds Frequent Use but Skepticism A poll of 94,000 students, faculty and staff across 22 CSU campuses found nearly every respondent had used AI at some point, but students were still wary of trusting it and faculty reported negative effects.

"The survey found that despite mixed views on AI, more than 70 percent of the faculty desired formal training on it, and about half of students do too." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

Anthropic's research shows that AI can already do a huge portion of many jobs; its top economist talks about how that could shape the future of work Peter McCrory talks about Anthropic's latest analysis of AI's role in occupations from computer programming to groundskeeping.

"One thing that I really found fascinating is the framing around AI “exposure”—the idea that the extent of a profession’s exposure to AI depends on the job tasks inherent to that profession." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

"Even for AI skeptics, it just takes one “aha” moment to go from regarding AI as a hallucinating tool to having it completely change your life." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

Dissecting higher ed's complex-yet promising-relationship with AI A higher ed survey reveals widespread belief that AI is the future--but that belief is paired with worries about job security.

"The CSU AI survey’s findings suggest the question is no longer whether AI belongs in higher education, but how institutions should lead its use thoughtfully, consistently and at scale." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

How The Arts Help Students Build A Healthier Relationship With Tech Arts classrooms demonstrate what technology integration at its best can look like

"The arts continue to be one of the most effective places in school for students to build healthier, more intentional relationships with technology. In short, in the age of AI, we need the arts more than ever." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

Has AI As A Writing Partner Been Oversold? Many students and educators have been convinced AI can act as a writing partner, but if that’s true, why is classroom writing getting worse?

"[O]ver the past few years, I haven’t noticed my students' writing improving; it's been the opposite. While the grammar has gotten much better, the content has suffered." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

Beyond Engagement: Why Higher Education Must Start with Meaning, Not Modality Discover how purpose-first learning in higher education builds student ownership, intrinsic motivation, and deeper engagement by starting with meaning, not modality.

"Students may participate actively while still asking, implicitly or explicitly, “Why does this matter to me?”  When that question goes unanswered, even well-designed instruction struggles to produce durable learning." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

A people-first vision for the future of work in the age of AI Authors discuss how to reimagine work in the age of AI to reverse its degradation and protect the role of people in the workplace.

"Policymakers must meet the moment with a transformative vision for the future of work that puts people first." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

"[C]onversation design borrows from UX ethics selectively. The field needs its own equivalent of accessibility standards: specific, measurable, enforceable." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

"Chat UI rewards fluency, not precision. Your expertise lives in precision." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

Students need more than AI access-they need AI rights Regarding students, the challenge for higher ed is not if AI will be used, but if it will be used with rights, consent, and accountability.

"Higher education is moving at breakneck speed to embed AI into admissions, advising, instruction, grading, and student support, yet student protections have not kept pace with institutional enthusiasm." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

The Screen Time Debate in Texas Schools: The Conversation Is Changing Across Texas, something interesting is happening. School boards are debating device use, lawmakers are asking tougher questions about technology in Explore this and more at TCEA TechNotes Blog, your go-to source for educational technology and teaching innovation.

"Recent legislation around personal device bans has opened the door to a broader question: How much screen time is happening on school-issued devices—and is it the right amount?" #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

Does Your District Have an AI Plan, or Just an AI Problem? Texas has 5.5 million K-12 students (2024-2025). During the 2024-25 school year, 85% of teachers and 86% of students nationally used Gen AI, and 52% of Explore this and more at TCEA TechNotes Blog, your go-to source for educational technology and teaching innovation.

"The gap most districts face is not a lack of enthusiasm. Rather, it is the space between teachers who are already using Gen AI and institutions that have not yet caught up with clear expectations, data guardrails, and professional development to match." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #AIEdu

The Digital Accessibility Deadline Is Here. Schools Aren’t Ready. "A big civil rights deadline that impacts schools and vendors will hit this month.   Federal law has required accessibility for people with disabilities for decades, says Glenda Sims, chief information accessibility officer at Deque Systems, a company that specializes in digital accessibility.   But two years ago, the federal government finally gave schools a way to measure whether their websites, mobile apps and digital content were accessible under law when it released a “final rule.”

"A major digital accessibility deadline that impacts schools and vendors is here. Schools aren’t ready." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

Most AI Literacy Programs Are Designed To Fail "AI literacy has quickly become a priority for organizations. Budgets are being allocated. Programs are being launched. Employees are being encouraged—sometimes required—to "learn AI." On the surface, this looks like progress. But if you look more closely, many of these efforts are built on the wrong foundation. They focus on tools, prompts, and features. They ignore the conditions required for competent use. And as a result, they are likely to produce activity—not capability."

"Most AI literacy programs emphasize tools and prompts instead of role-based judgment and clarity, leading to inconsistent use." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

Education in a connected world: Preparing students for global careers "The world of work is changing fast. Careers no longer sit neatly within a single industry, city, or even country; they span disciplines, time zones, technologies, and cultures. If education is to prepare learners for this reality, it must shift from a narrow focus on content delivery to building the foundational skills that future careers demand."

"To prepare learners for this world of work, education must prioritize advanced literacy and communication from the earliest years." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

'How Are You Using AI?' Therapists Should Ask You That Question, Experts Argue A paper in JAMA Psychiatry says mental health providers should ask if patients are using artificial intelligence chatbots, just as they would ask patients about sleep habits and substance use.

"[L]earning about a person’s use of AI for emotional support and advice could provide valuable insight into someone’s life and mental health status" #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

“We become what we behold. We shape our tools and then our tools shape us” —Father John M. Culkin #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

When AI Starts to Feel Like a Friend As AI tools become more conversational, some students are forming emotional connections with them. Here’s what educators need to know about AI attachment and how to guide healthy AI use. As AI tools become more conversational, some students are forming emotional connections with them. Here’s what educators need to know about AI attachment and how to guide healthy AI use.

"[A]s AI systems become more conversational, supportive, and responsive, a new concern is emerging, which is AI attachment. Some students are beginning to interact with AI not just as a learning tool, but as a companion." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

The "Cognitive Offloading" Paradox "If you work in L&D right now, there’s a good chance you’ve heard people asking the question: what happens when learners lean on AI too much? It’s a fair worry: the weight of evidence from the last eighteen months has pointed in one direction: cognitive offloading — letting AI do the mental work so you don’t have to — appears to erode critical thinking, reduce engagement, and weaken retention. The message has been consistent and increasingly loud: limit AI use, or pay the price. However, a new study just complicated that picture significantly — with important implications for how we design AI-supported learning."

"New research shows that offloading learning tasks to AI can improve - rather than erode - human thinking and learning" #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

Assessment isn’t a finish line, it’s a learning process Assessment is often treated as the finish line of learning – a final score delivered after the real work is done. But in practice, carefully structured assessment can become one of the strongest drivers of learning during the semester.    Designing tasks intentionally helps prompt students to apply concepts, benefit from feedback quickly, reflect on their reasoning and revise their work. This way, they build disciplinary knowledge and professional skills alongside each other."

"Many assessments only measure what students already know. Here’s how to structure feedback-rich, iterative tasks to help students develop the skills to improve" #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

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Ready for Your EdTech Master’s? Get Up to $2,000 with UTRGV’s Grad Momentum Scholarship. Learn more here at the M.Ed. in Educational Technology at UTRGV: http://utrgv.edu/edtech #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

AI Won’t Just Disrupt Jobs. It’ll Disrupt Mobility "Much of the talk about AI’s potential impact on the labor market has focused on which jobs may be automated or eliminated. But a new analysis zeros in on what some experts increasingly think may be the bigger risk: the disruption of the career pathways that provide economic mobility to millions of workers."

"A new report from Brookings and Opportunity@Work argues that AI could jeopardize the career pathways that provide mobility for 23M Americans without four-year degrees." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

Don’t Count Out Computer Science Just Yet "Your average computer science major seems to now be the poster child for Gen Z college grads unable to secure the sort of jobs that a decade of “top majors” features promised them. CS has until recently been assumed to be a “safe” major that guaranteed employment, often with a high starting salary in a perks-laden workplace, or equity in a fast-growing startup. A decline in demand for recent graduates has led to headlines suggesting the boom is over, and that AI poses an existential threat to all computer science occupations."

"The story of computer science isn’t one of decline amid the rise of artificial intelligence, but one of evolution." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

How To Ask AI Questions: A Practical Guide For L&D Professionals Transform your approach to knowledge by mastering how to ask AI questions effectively for better results in your L&D career.

"Using clear and organized prompts helps AI provide relevant, detailed, and accurate answers. For Instructional Designers, this means focusing on how to frame questions rather than just thinking about the answers." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu